Travels

So we have done a bit of traveling lately. We first went to Louisville to celebrate the wedding of our friends, Will and Emily.

In above picture, going clockwise from top left corner: Marcus Lindsay (where the wedding was held, a former church), us trying to look cute, the Bluegrass Brewing Company (reception venue), stained glass inside Marcus Lindsay, and the kiss. I made new friends, including a very friendly and fun Birmingham person that I hope to see again.

As Auburn and University of Louisville fans, they received a tie blanket that I named House United:

We stayed at the Galt Hotel, which consisted of two towers, connected by an atrium. The main feature of the atrium was a bar, with the bar table being an aquarium with live fish - at times, when you would set down your glass, the fish would swim up to and under the glass. 

After we got back on Sunday afternoon, I unpacked my bag to repack for a conference, where I had an oral presentation at the International Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of HIV and Hepatitis Therapy in Washington DC. I had a chance to meet up with this happy bunch on the POV Bar on the roof of the W hotel.

It had an amazing view of the city, but mostly the White House and the Washington monument.

It was nice seeing scientist friends and meet new people. 
A few days to enjoy being at home and unpack before the next series of travels. Tom is going to Alaska and I am lined up for a meeting in Virginia. There may be a bit more traveling before the year is over but we'll see.

Thanks for stopping by!

Weekend recap

This was a fun week/weekend.
BFF Nate was in town for a week and we got to hang out with him a couple of times.

On Saturday, I participated in my first 5K on The Deviled Eggs for an ovarian cancer fundraiser. Most of us walked, but maybe next time I can run? A girl can dream.

After the race, we started anniversary celebrations. This is our 2nd anniversary (the courthouse, the one that we count). Tom got a haircut, we grabbed a delicious burger at Mugshots and we headed out for a bit of shopping. We got a sheet set that was on a crazy sale, some new pillows, and even grabbed a couple of gifts for other people. Tom got me two adorable couch pillows that we fell in love while registering only to find out that bed bath and beyond no longer carried it. Tom got a new wedding band since he lost his. He has another gift coming in the mail today. So overall, we did okay getting cotton gifts for the 2nd anniversary.
We also stopped by Publix to pick up grubs - can you guess? Tom made steaks and we had red velvet (wedding cake for both courthouse and Sloss weddings). I set out our wedding centerpieces, the way that they were supposed to be at Sloss (strong winds and candles in jars full of water were not going to play nice). We had also picked Wolf of Wall Street from the Redbox - an okay movie, way too long (I fell asleep during some of it and Tom said that I didn't miss anything)
On Sunday, we had champagne and more cake (well, I had cake) - as you can tell I am not shy about using special dinner and stemware. I made some progress on my crochet blanket project and we watched Brewers baseball.

 All in all, a good time was had!